For one of the workshop lessons for August using PAPER TRANSFORMED as our guide, we were to create a card or whatever using beeswax. I started out with a gold piece of mat board, painted on melted beeswax and adhered a thin sheet of rice patterned paper. Then I dipped my elements in melted wax and set them on top. I used my hot quilter's iron to help smooth out the uneven areas. When everythng had set up, I needed something extra so I added some black and silver mica chips to the top left-hand corner. NEVER DO THIS, because mica flakes scatter easily and I ended up with tiny specks on sections of the card not intended. The beeswax acted like a magnet.
I let the piece setup overnight and then added a thin coat, using my fingers, of Dorland's Wax Medium, and buffed the card. The cat is from a collage sheet from Ten Two Studios and crown from Inka Stamps.
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What a cool effect the wax has on the paper--so rich and 3D.
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